Organizations in Prince Edward Island

The Canadian Coalition of Organizations Responding to Hepatitis B and C unites organizations and individuals to focus increased attention on the response to hepatitis B and C.

The phone and fax number will connect you to Deb Schmitz at the Pacific Hepatitis C Network.

CPAOC is composed of non-governmental organizations, incarcerated people and ex-incarcerated people across Canada that work with people in prison on HCV/HIV/AIDS and/or human rights, health promotion and harm reduction issues.

The mandate of CPAOC is to advocate for human rights, harm reduction (such as Prison-based Needle and Syringe Programs) in regards to HCV/HIV/AIDS and other systemic issues in all federal prisons and provincial institutions in Canada.

The Native Council of PEI is host to the Hep C awareness program, Hep’d Up On Life, which is based on traditional teachings including the Medicine Wheel. A core group of Aboriginal youth are trained as peer educators and offer workshops, support and act as a liaison to other services in the community for those at risk of contracting Hep C and  HIV/AIDS co-infection. Hep’d Up On Life also trains Hep C peer educators at Provincial Corrections and Grandmothers’ House Aboriginal Women’s Shelter.